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Na. 609,736. Patented Aug. 23, I898.

. H. G.DODDS.

NON-BEFILLABLE BOTTLE.

(Application filed Apr. 12, 1898.)

(Na Model.)

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Ni'rnn STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HORACE G. DODDS, OF NEW CASTLE, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- IIALF TOHENRY EARL BEIGHLER, OF SAME PLACE.

NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 609,736, dated August23, 1898.

Application filed April 12, 1898. Serial No. 677,303. (No model.)

To ctZZ whom it may concern;

Be it known that I, HORACE G. Donns, a citizen of the United States,residing at New Castle, in the county of Lawrence and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inNon-Refillable Bottles; and I do declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to makeand use thesame, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to thefigures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of thisspecification.

My invention relates to a new and useful improvement in non-refillablebottles, and has for its object to provide a novel and effective stopperto prevent the bottle from being refilled.

The invention aims to construct a non-refillable bottle having anenlarged neck, the enlargement having two apartments, the one larger andabove the other, thelower one to receive a stopper-disk or auxiliarystopper and the upper a guard plate or disk, so arranged and adjustedthat when the bottle has once been filled and the contents removed thebottle cannot be filled again, and particularly so that if the bottlewas'laid upon its side or effort made to refill the same bycentrifugalforce or by exhausting the air therefrom the inward flow of the liquidwould strike the top of the base of the auxiliary stopper and force itagainst its seat and close communication to the bottle.

The invention particularly relates to an improvement upon Letters Patentgranted to H. E. Beighler December 21, 1897, No. 596,011.

In describing the inventionin detail reference is had to theaccompanying drawings, which form part of this specification, andwherein like figures of reference denote corresponding descriptive partsthroughout the several views, in which-=- Figure 1 is a verticalsectional View of the neck of the bottle on the line A B, Fig. 2, withall the parts in position and the bottle ready for filling. Fig. 2 is asectional plan View on the line OD, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a ver ticalsectional View on the line E F, Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a top view of the guard plate or disk. Fig. 5 is a top view ofthe auxiliary stopper.

' The upper enlarged portion of the neck of the bottle is made theproper size to form chamber or apartment for guard-plate 4 to 5 5 restin and wide enough at the shoulders 18 to admit stopper-disk 20 to passthrough into the enlarged portion of the neck 14. The

auxiliary stopper 20 has at its lower end a circular plate or disk withindented edges, a standard 19 running upward into an upper circularplate or disk 2 and preferably made of glass, the upper and lower platesor disks being so made as to play neatly in apartment 14 and the upperplate serving to keep the said auxiliary stopper in an upright position.Guard-plate 4 has an annular rim or ridge 12 running into guide-posts 8on the upper side of said guard-plate. The guideposts 8 of disk 4,bearing against the upper wall of apartment 15, serve to hold disk 4firmly in position upon shoulders 18 on guides 7. The guides 7 extendfrom the upper part of corresponding guide-posts 8 of disk 4 down to apoint in apartment 14 above the top of the lower plate of auxiliarystopper 20 when sus pended instead of below the stopper, as in theBeighlee patent, and prevent the auxiliary stopper from attaining anyside motion. On each side of guides 7 are the vertical chan= 8o nels 5,which connect the narrow portion of the neck 10 with the lower enlargedportion of the neck 14, ending at a point above the top of lower plateof the auxiliary stopper 20 when suspended, and thus the liquid, passinginward through apartment 14, first falls upon the lower plate ofauxiliary stopper 20 and must pass through the indentations on its edgeon its way into the body of the bottle. The wire 3 is bent inward andupward at its 0 ends 11 and hooked under the upper circular plate ofstopper-disk 20 and passes through channels 5 and over and rests uponannular rim 12 of guarddisk 4.

The operation is as follows: The neck of 5 the bottle is originallyblown in the shape as indicated at 1 and as shown in dotted lines inFig. 1. The auxiliary stopper and guard-disk are then fastened togetherby means of the wire and the same lowered into the neck of rec thebottle with the guard-plate resting on the shoulder or seat 18. Theupper part of the neck is then reduced to its proper size, and thebottle is ready for filling,the liquid passing through said channels,the lower enlarged portion of the neck, and through said indentationsinto the body of the bottle. When the bottle is filled, the wire iswithdrawn by a hook or other instrument, whereupon the auxiliary stopperis released and permitted to descend to its seat or shoulder 17, thusclosing communication with the body of the bottle. The bottle may becorked or sealed in the ordinary way.

Having thus described my'invention, what I desire to secure by LettersPatent is-- 1. In a non-refillable bottle, a bottle-neck having an upperand lower enlarged portion one above the other, short vertical channelsconnecting the two portions, the upper portion having at its base ashoulder or seat to receive a guard-plate, an annular rim or ridge onsaid guard-plate; and said lower portion having at its base a shoulderor seat auxiliary movable stopper with solid indented base which isconfined below said channels, a standard and disk, substantially asherein shown and described,

2. In a non-refillable bottle, a neck, said neck having an upper andlower enlarged portion, a seat at the lower end of said upper enlargedportion adapted to have seated thereon a guard-plate, a movableauxiliary indented stopper, said stopper adapted to be seated upon ashoulder formed at lower end of said lower enlarged portion and channelsabove the limit of movement of said stopper, substantially as hereinshown and described.

3. In a non-refillable bottle, a neck, said neck having an upper andlower enlarged portion, vertical channels connecting the two portionsfor the admission of the liquid to the bottle, said enlarged portionshaving shoulders or seats at their lower ends, a guardplate arranged insaid upper portion, a movable auxiliary stopper having a solid indentedbase which is confined below said channel, a standard and disk, and saidauxiliary stopper arranged in said lower enlarged portion, and adaptedto be suspended by means of a wire passing through said channels andover and resting upon said guard-plate, said wire fastened to the underside of said stopper-disk, said auxiliary stopper adapted to be seatedupon the seat or shoulder of said lower enlarged portion when the wireis withdrawn, substantially as herein shown and described.

4. In a non-refillable bottle, the combination of a neck having twoenlarged portions one above the other and connected by short channels, aguard-plate arranged in said upper enlarged portion of the neck, seatedagainst a shoulder or seat formed at the lower end of said upperenlarged portion, said guard-plate having an annular rim or ridge, astopper-disk connected to a movable auxiliary stopper by a standard,said auxiliary stopper having a solid indented or scalloped base whichis confined below said channels and arranged within said lower enlargedneck portion, said lower enlarged neck portion having a shoulder at itslower end, a wire connecting said guard-plate, stopper-disk andauxiliary stopper, said auxiliary stopper adapted to be seated against ashoulder or seat at the lower end of the lower enlarged neck portionwhen the wire is withdrawn, substantially as herein shown and described.

5. In' a non-refillable bottle, a neck provided with a guard, channelsaround said guard, a movable valve provided with an indented base, avalve-seat, and a cylindrical portion above said seat, the upward limitof movement of said base being always below said channels, substantiallyas described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence oftwo witnesses.

HORACE G. DODDS.

Witnesses:

WM. E. PORTER, J. L. PATTERSON.

